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So recently I picked up a new 
hobby. 

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A couple years ago, I was 
invited to go duck hunting, 

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having never been duck hunting 
before. 

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And I got hooked and I got 
hooked bad. 

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And so when I got invited, I 
went down into my basement and 

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I, you know, looked at all the 
guns that I've been, you know, 

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received from grandparents over 
the years because I've never, 

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you know, purchased one. 
And all of my guns were 

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right-handed, and I shoot 
left-handed. 

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And what that means is that when
you're trying to, and this is 

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important when you're duck 
hunting aim, when you're trying 

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to do that, the shells are going
across your face. 

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And so that's been, you know, a 
bit of a challenge. 

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And then one of the blinds that 
we go to is in about 16 inches 

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of water. 
And I have some muck boots that 

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are about 17 inches tall. 
The problem is my the pounds per

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square inch can sometimes, 
depending on what's underneath 

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me, can move the ground beneath 
me by more than it, which it's 

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just this is where my boots 
went. 

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And this is where the water. 
Do we get that? 

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That's what we had. 
I was walking by faith. 

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OK well this year something 
special happened. 

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I was walking out of church one 
day and the guy said hey can you

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meet me over at game Masters? 
And I said sure. 

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Walked over and there sitting on
the counter waiting for me was a

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left-handed shotgun. 
And I can't tell you how awesome

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that makes me. 
It doesn't make me saved, but it

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does make me awesome. 
Then I was telling somebody 

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about how now I've got my own 
gun, I'm not shooting somebody 

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else's. 
Well, that group of people saw 

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my challenges in the waiter game
because I couldn't find any 

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waiters that would allow me to 
go waiting. 

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Well, they found them and so 
next thing I know I have Clayton

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size waiters and I have a 
Clayton specific gun. 

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Like I said, it doesn't make me 
saved, but you are looking at an

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awesome person, a very, very 
awesome person now. 

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And because of these two gifts, 
I am now able to go where I 

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couldn't go before and do what I
could not do before. 

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And every single one of you, you
need to realize you are looking 

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at the same dude you've always 
looked at. 

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But because of these gifts that 
I have been given, I am 

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different. 
I'm able to go places I could 

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not go before and do what I 
could not do before. 

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And to those of you who have 
come into an intimate personal 

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relationship with Jesus Christ, 
you have been given gifts that 

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allow you to go places you could
not go before and do things you 

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could not do before. 
I want to welcome all of our 

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different locations, those of 
you watching online and inside, 

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and a special welcome to those 
of you who are here for the 

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first time or the first time in 
a long time. 

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I hope that you will swing by 
the new here booth in all of our

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lobbies before the service is 
over. 

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Turn to your neighbor or type in
the chat and say you're looking 

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at a gifted person. 
Turn to your second favorite 

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neighbor and say really, really 
gifted. 

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First Corinthians chapter 12 
verses one through 31. 

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It's a long pole. 
Let's get into it now about the 

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gifts of the Spirit. 
Brothers and sisters, I do not 

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want you to be uninformed. 
You know that when you were 

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pagans, pagans, or anybody who 
doesn't believe in Jesus, 

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somehow or other you were 
influenced and LED astray to 

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mute idols. 
Therefore I want you to know 

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that no one who was speaking by 
the Spirit of God says Jesus be 

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cursed, and no one can say Jesus
is Lord except by the Holy 

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Spirit. 
There are different kinds of 

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gifts, but the same Spirit 
distributes them. 

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There are different kinds of 
service, but the same Lord. 

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There are different kinds of 
working, but in all of them and 

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in everyone it is the same God 
at work. 

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Now to each one the 
manifestation of the Spirit is 

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given for the common good. 
To one there is given through 

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the Spirit a message of wisdom, 
to another a message of 

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knowledge by means of the same 
spirit, to another faith by the 

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same spirit, to another gifts of
healing by that one spirit, to 

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another miraculous powers, to 
another prophecy, to another 

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distinguishing between spirits, 
to another speaking in different

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kinds of tongues, and to still 
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tongues. 
All of these are the work of 1 

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and the same Spirit. 
And He distributes to each one 

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just as he determines. 
Just as a body, though one has 

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many parts, but all its many 
parts form 1 body, so it is with

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Christ. 
For we were all baptized by 1 

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Spirit so as to form 1 body, 
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or free, and we were all given 1
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Even so, the body is not made-up
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Now if the foot should say, 
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not belong to the body, it would
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part of the body. 
And if the ear should say, 

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because I'm not an eye, I do not
belong to the body, it would not

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for that reason stop being part 
of the body. 

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If the whole body were an eye, 
where would the sense of hearing

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be? 
If the whole body were an ear, 

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where would the sense of smell 
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But in fact, God has placed the 
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them, just as He wanted them to 
be. 

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If they were all one part, where
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As it is, there are many parts, 
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The eye cannot say to the hand I
don't need you, and the head 

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cannot say to the feet I don't 
need you. 

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On the contrary, those parts of 
the body that seem to be weaker 

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are indispensable, and the parts
that we think are less honorable

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we treat with special honor, and
the parts that are unpresentable

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we treat with special modesty, 
while our presentable parts need

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no special treatment. 
But God has put the body 

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together, giving greater honor 
to the parts that lacked it. 

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So there should be no division 
in the body, but that it's part 

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should have equal concern for 
each other. 

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If one part suffers, every part 
suffers with it. 

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If one part is honored, every 
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Now you are the body of Christ, 
and each one of you is part of 

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it. 
And God is placed in the 

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churches, first of all apostles,
second prophets, third teachers,

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then miracles, then gifts of 
healing, of helping, of 

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guidance, and of different kinds
of tongues. 

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Are all apostles Are all 
prophets? 

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Are all teachers? 
Do all work miracles? 

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Do all have gifts of healing? 
Do all speak in tongues? 

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Do all interpret now eagerly 
desire the greater gifts? 

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Paul writes this section of 
scripture trying to help the 

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church in Corinth as they 
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The very first challenge that 
they are facing is that they are

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a divided church. 
They don't get along. 

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There's all kinds of quarrelling
and fighting, and a divided 

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church will never make the 
impact that a United Church can 

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make for the Kingdom of God. 
And what a divided world needs 

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to see and what a divided world 
needs to feel is the power of a 

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United Church. 
And the second issue that 

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they're navigating is that 
they're trying to make a Kingdom

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impact in a wildly Pagan 
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And so Paul, in this part of 
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Corinthians chapter 12, reminds 
them now about the gifts of the 

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Spirit. 
Brothers and sisters, I do not 

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want you to be say that next 
word uninformed. 

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He is addressing an ignorance in
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the Spirit. 
These are gifts that are given 

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to people when they receive the 
Holy Spirit that enable them to 

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bring glory to God, advance the 
mission of God, and bring people

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into an intimate personal 
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the person and the work of Jesus
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And he is also at the same time,
while he's informing them 

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because he doesn't want them to 
be uninformed, He's going to 0 

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in on their unity and the need 
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So he begins by talking about 
gifts, and one of the things 

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that Paul brings up about the 
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He talks to them about gift 
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Look what it says in verses 4:00
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There are different kinds of 
gifts, but the same Spirit 

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distributes them. 
There are different kinds of 

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service, but the same Lord. 
In other words, the gifts that 

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you and I have, they did not 
come from you. 

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They did not come from me. 
These are gifts that we 

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received. 
They did not originate with us. 

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The gifts that you and I have 
originated with Him. 

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I'll show you in just a second 
why that matters. 

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The second gift or second thing 
he talks about gift is gift 

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placement. 
Look what it says in verse 11. 

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All these are the work of 1 and 
same and the same Spirit. 

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He distributes them to each one 
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That means that not only does 
the gift that you have, did it 

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not come from you, but you did 
not pick your gift. 

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You were given your gift. 
What this means for you ladies 

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is that you did not go to the 
gift mall and go, oh, I like 

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that one. 
It means that if you wanted a 

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particular gift but you didn't 
get it, it was because you 

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couldn't afford it. 
And so you had to buy the knock 

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off fake version of the real 
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So you look to other people like
you could afford the thing that 

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you don't actually have. 
It's like that's not how it 

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happened either. 
It means that when you showed 

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up, they didn't have to worry 
about whether or not they had 

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this gift in your size or not, 
whether it was on sale or not. 

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No, the gift that you have, you 
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It was given specifically for 
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That means that these gifts that
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no knock offs, there are no 
value brands. 

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He picked it out and He placed 
it in you. 

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So far you have had this much to
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He made it, not you. 
He placed it. 

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You didn't pick it out. 
And then he talks about gift 

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design. 
These gifts that you and I have 

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been given, they are powered by 
God for the good of others, to 

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be used alongside others. 
What it says in First 

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Corinthians chapter 12, verse 6 
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There are different kinds of 
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in everyone, it is the same God 
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In other words, a spirit given 
gift is to be is designed to be 

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used by spiritual people to do 
spiritual things through the 

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power of the Holy Spirit. 
Every single one of you. 

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When you guys buy a car, your 
car either runs on diesel, gas, 

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or grid. 
It's one of those three things 

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that your vehicle runs on. 
The gifts that you have received

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require God to be the one doing 
the work. 

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Your gifts are not powered by 
you, they are powered by Him. 

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And so trying to do spiritual 
things without the Spirit's 

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power is a disaster. 
And wanting to do spiritual 

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things without spiritual power 
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The Spirit's power shows up in 
our lives most times outside of 

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your comfort zone. 
Sometimes you've heard me talk 

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about this. 
Sometimes people go I don't feel

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God or I don't see him working 
anymore. 

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That's because you don't need 
the spirits power to be 

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spiritually lazy. 
You don't need the spirits power

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to operate in your comfort zone.
If you read through the book of 

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Acts, you'll hear them say we 
are praying for boldness. 

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Boldness requires you to be 
outside of your comfort zone. 

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And when these people would step
out of their comfort zone, the 

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Holy Spirit would show up in a 
mighty and powerful way. 

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You don't need the Spirit's 
power to live a life of sin. 

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You don't need the Spirit's 
power to be a bad example of 

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Christ in your home. 
But you do need the power of the

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Holy Spirit to be the person 
that God has called you to be in

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your workplace and in your home.
So if you are not sensing or 

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feeling the power of the Holy 
Spirit in your life, there is a 

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high probability that you are 
not doing anything that requires

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His presence. 
And if you don't need His 

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presence, you certainly don't 
need His power. 

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You want to feel the power of 
God flowing through you and 

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through your gifting. 
All you have to do is start 

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doing something for the Kingdom 
of God. 

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The gift that you have is 
designed to run on the power of 

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God, and it is designed for the 
good of others. 

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Verse 7 says. 
Now to each one the 

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manifestation of the Spirit is 
given for the common good. 

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In other words, your gift is not
for you, but for those around 

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you. 
Remember that Jesus said that 

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the greatest among you will be 
your servant. 

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Our gifts are not for our own 
glory, but for the Kingdom good.

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It's how we do the first and 
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First greatest commandments, 
love God with all your heart, 

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mind, soul, and strength. 
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love your neighbor as yourself. 
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love God well and love others 
well, you're going to need the 

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power of the Holy Spirit. 
And there's a gifting that He 

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has placed in you to help you 
accomplish it. 

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The next thing He says is that 
your gift is designed to be used

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alongside others. 
Every time I pick one of these 

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up, you can tell by the way that
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with something else, to work 
with something else. 

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Verse 12 says just as a body, 
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all its many parts form 1 body, 
so it is with Christ. 

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Your gift by itself is not 
enough, no matter how much you 

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may want it to be and no matter 
how much all the other gifts may

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frustrate you. 
The gift that God has given you 

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is not enough unless it is 
surrounded and alongside other 

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gifts. 
This is part of the reason why 

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you cannot live the Christian 
life in isolation. 

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That's why over and over again, 
the Bible tells us and commands 

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us to do certain things for and 
with our brothers and sisters in

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Christ. 
The problem is any time you get 

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a group of people together with 
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there is a risk for disunity. 
You want to know why sometimes 

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there's problems in your home, 
problems in your workplace, 

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because a bunch of different 
people with different kinds of 

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gifts have a hard time operating
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And Paul lays out three major 
problems when it comes to the 

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unity of our gifting envy, 
projection and rejection. 

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Gift envy, gift projection and 
gift rejection. 

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Check out gift envy. 
Gift envy looks at their own 

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gift and then they go, I don't 
like my gift. 

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I wish I had somebody else's 
gift. 

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I mean, of all of the different 
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this one's just so much tinier 
than everybody else's. 

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It's not as cool as everybody 
else's. 

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I wish I didn't have the gift 
that God gave me. 

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I wish I had somebody else's 
gift. 

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Verse 15 and 16. 
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because I am not a hand, I do 
not belong to the body, it would

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not for that reason stop being 
part of the body. 

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And if the ears should say 
because I'm not an eye, I do not

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belong to the body, it would not
for that reason stop being part 

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of the body. 
Your attitude devalues your gift

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and it will diminish your 
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off your ministry impact. 
If your gift is missing, all the

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parts of the body suffers. 
Imagine here you are being the 

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ear and you're going, why did 
God make me an ear? 

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Everybody loves the eyes. 
Nobody has ever been on a date. 

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And then later on telling the 
story about what was the date 

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like? 
No guy has ever said, well, I 

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got to be honest with you. 
We're sitting there eating a 

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nice meal, having a great 
conversation. 

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I was kind of on the fence, but 
then she went like this and I 

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saw those lobes and I said to 
myself, I want to look into 

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those lobes for the rest of my 
life. 

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Nobody's ever said when you're 
like, doing a quiz about your 

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wife, what's their lobe shape? 
But if I were to ask you what 

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color her eyes are, you know it.
Everybody remembers the colors 

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of the eyes. 
Now, flip side, here's the ear 

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going hey, nobody. 
Nobody's paying attention to me.

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I don't get the same kind of 
feedback that the eyes do. 

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I don't want to be a part of the
body no more. 

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However, if you want to say 
sweet things to her, eyes aren't

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all that helpful. 
You're going to want to make 

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sure that she has ears to hear 
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Ladies, let me, for those of you
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you some help real quick at all 
of our locations, if you have 

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thought about your back this 
week, raise your hand. 

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OK, there, there's some of you 
being honest. 

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Those of you who didn't raise 
your hand don't know what I'm 

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about to talk about. 
But those of us who did raise 

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their hand, we know that back 
problems are a real thing. 

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And if I were to go back in time
and God were to make me not a 

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dude, and God were to make me a 
girl, and I was going to try and

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figure somebody to marry, the 
number one thing I'd look for 

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is, are there back problems in 
their family tree? 

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That's the number one. 
Because a guy with back problems

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is going to end up spending the 
rest of his life on a lazy boy 

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recliner sleeping there because 
he can't get up. 

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Early in Jennifer Knight's 
marriage, my back went out. 

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Like early in our marriage. 
And I had made it to the 

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bathroom and I had sat down and 
it was at that moment that I 

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realized that was as far as I 
was going to be able to take 

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this journey so young. 
And now I am 6 foot 6 and a lot,

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and my wife is 5/3 and 1/3 of a 
lot. 

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And so I am early in my 
marriage, You know, think about 

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how romantic this is. 
Hey, babe. 

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So my wife has to come in and 
help lift me off of a toilet. 

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Oh, yeah. 
Oh, see, something to look 

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forward to now. 
You're going to. 

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Yeah. 
I think I am going to look for 

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back problems. 
In fact, when I meet her dad, 

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I'm just going to punch him in 
the back and see how he 

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responds. 
Smart. 

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Very, very smart because you 
don't realize how important your

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back is until you decide to do 
something with a bad back. 

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You can't tie your shoes with a 
bad back. 

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You use your back for 
everything. 

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You can't brush your teeth if 
you have a bad back. 

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You can't open a car door. 
You can't turn around and flush 

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if you have a bad back. 
You can't wipe if you have a. 

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All of a sudden people are 
going. 

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I really need to start looking 
in this back stuff. 

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Listen, back stuff doesn't kill 
you. 

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Hard stuff will. 
If you're going, I want out of 

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this, find the guy with the high
cholesterol, but the decent 

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back, because the guy with the 
decent back is going to live 

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forever. 
He's just going to drink 

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Mountain Dew and sit on the 
couch. 

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Like, I can't get rid of this 
guy. 

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Look for the back stuff. 
If the back leaves now, nobody, 

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nobody in the summer is taking 
Instagram summer vacation photos

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with the back. 
Oh, no, they're not. 

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Seriously, take a picture, take 
a picture in my back. 

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All the girls all they care 
about is the six pack in the 

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front. 
You need to be worried about the

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backpack in the back because 6 
packs 100% disappear backs. 

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They last forever until they 
don't. 

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And the back might be going. 
Nobody cares about me. 

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Nobody gives me the kind of 
praise that everything else 

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gets. 
But did you know that the back 

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is holding absolutely everything
together? 

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You might look at your gift and 
go, Nobody cares about my gift 

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like they care about every other
gift. 

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But if you were to pull your 
gift out of the equation, the 

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body of Christ would not be what
it is supposed to be. 

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Nobody realizes how important 
their big toe is until you break

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it and you're like one toe. 
And now I can't walk. 

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Second issue, Gift projection. 
Gift projection. 

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This is where, Oh my goodness, 
if you want to know which one I 

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struggle with, this is it. 
Gift projection. 

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For those of you who have ever 
said why can't more people be 

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like me? 
You struggle with gift 

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projection. 
Why can't more people in my 

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family think like me? 
How come more people don't vote 

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like me? 
How come you, no matter where 

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you are in the world, there are 
moments in time situations where

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you're going. 
Why is this so hard for you? 

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I'll tell you why. 
Because you are operating in 

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your gifting and when you are 
operating in your gifting, 

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things make complete sense. 
But somebody else does not have 

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the same gifting that you have, 
and so there's going to be 

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frustration. 
Look what it says in verse 17 

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through 20. 
If the whole body were an eye, 

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where would the sense of hearing
be? 

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If the whole body were an ear, 
where would the sense of smell 

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be? 
But in fact, God has placed the 

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parts in the body, every one of 
them, just as He wanted them to 

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be. 
If they were all one part, where

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would the body be? 
As it is, there are many parts 

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but one body. 
If everybody had the same gift 

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as you watch this, your gift 
would be diminished and the body

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of Christ would become useless. 
This is the challenge that you 

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have in your marriage. 
You and your wife are having to 

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go through a particular season, 
a particular circumstance with a

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particular kid, and both of you 
are approaching the issue from 

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your gifting. 
And the argument that you are 

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having is about which gift wins.
And because there's not unity, 

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watch this, your kid is robbed 
of both gifts. 

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This happens at work real quick.
How many of you at all of our 

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different locations, you work on
the factory floor and sometimes 

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you get frustrated with the 
people in management or in 

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corporate. 
Raise your hands. 

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Nobody's being honest because 
their boss started to come to 

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church. 
I get it. 

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OK. 
OK. 

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How many of you who work in the 
C-Suite or work for corporate or

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in the management office 
sometimes get frustrated with 

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the people on the floor? 
Those people are more honest, 

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more job security, I'm guessing.
OK, the reason why is is the 

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people on the floor see things 
differently and the people in 

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the management office see things
differently. 

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They don't see them wrong, they 
see them in their gifting. 

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So what happens is if your 
factory was all welders, lots 

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would get made, no one would get
paid because there's nobody 

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upstairs in the air conditioned 
office. 

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If the entire office was 
accountants and the payroll 

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department, nothing would get 
made and nobody would get paid 

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because nothing got made. 
So what you actually need is you

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need everybody showing up with 
their giftings and working hard 

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to work in Unity. 
Gift rejection is the next one 

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that Paul brings up. 
Gift rejection says I don't need

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other gifts. 
First Corinthians chapter 12 

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verse 21 the I cannot say to the
hand I don't need you, and the 

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head cannot say to the feet, I 
don't need you. 

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But God has put the body 
together so that there should be

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no division in the body, but 
that it's parts should have 

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equal concern for each other. 
If one part suffers, every part 

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suffers with it. 
If one part is honored, every 

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part rejoices with it. 
What a prideful position to 

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think that you are enough, that 
your gift is enough, that you 

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and your gifting can be the full
expression of the power of God 

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to accomplish His mission. 
You see, we need every gift on 

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full display if we are going to 
make this region the hardest 

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place on planet earth to get the
hell from. 

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Why does this matter? 
Because if you don't acknowledge

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your gift, use your gift. 
Make sure that your gift is 

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powered by the Holy Spirit. 
The body of Christ will never be

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what it's supposed to be because
it will be missing you. 

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Paul says in first Corinthians 
chapter 12 verse 27. 

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He says now each one of you are 
the body of Christ. 

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Each one of you is a part of it.
When you and I, every single one

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of us, bring our gifts together 
and do the hard work of 

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operating in unity with all of 
our gifts on full display 

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through the power of the Holy 
Spirit to accomplish the mission

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of the Holy Spirit, we present 
the most accurate expression of 

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Jesus in our region. 
And without you, our expression 

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of Jesus in this region is 
incomplete. 

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When God made you and when you 
came into relationship with him,

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He put his Spirit inside of you 
and a gift inside of you. 

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And right now, if you were to 
ask me, what does our world and 

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what does our region need? 
It needs a more beautiful and 

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powerful picture and expression 
of Jesus and it will never 

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happen unless 1 you are part of 
it and two, we figure out how to

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operate in unity with it. 
I hope you'll think about that. 

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We're moving to a time of 
decision. 

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To those of you that are in here
or watching online that have 

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never started an intimate 
personal relationship with you, 

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everything I just talked about 
is about the gifting that you 

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received from the Holy Spirit. 
Now you receive the Holy Spirit 

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after you come into an intimate 
personal relationship with Jesus

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Christ. 
So right now, so far in the 

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message, you haven't heard 
anything about a gift for you. 

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But I've got really good news. 
When Jesus shows up, He gives 

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gifts to everybody. 
And so can I tell you about the 

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gift that He wants to give you 
today because there is a gift 

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and it is a special gift, a life
changing gift, and the gift is 

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the gift of salvation. 
Romans chapter 623 lays out a 

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beautiful picture. 
It says the wages of sin is 

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death, but the gift of God is 
eternal life in Christ Jesus our

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Lord. 
Hear me wages, sin, death. 

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The gift of Jesus Christ is 
eternal life with God. 

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There are two paths that He's 
put in front of us, and you get 

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to pick the path. 1 is where you
get to keep doing whatever you 

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want to do, however you want to 
do it, and there's a price tag 

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over you doing whatever you want
to do. 

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You're going to sin and the 
payment for those sins is that 

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somebody has to die. 
Or you could say I don't want to

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live the way I've been wanting 
to live and do what I've been 

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doing. 
I don't want to have to pay the 

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price for the things that I've 
done, and I don't want to 

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experience and suffer death and 
separation from God. 

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So on behalf of us and because 
of His love for us, God offers 

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us a way out. 
And it's the exact opposite of 

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everything He just laid out. 
Instead of wages, something you 

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earned, He shows up with a gift,
something you did not deserve. 

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And what is contained in this 
gift? 

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The opposite of sin, Jesus. 
And what do you get? 

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The opposite of death, you get 
eternal life. 

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Jesus shows up and he says, look
man, you can choose, you can 

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choose wages, death and sin, or 
you can choose gift, Jesus and 

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eternal life. 
Which one do you want? 

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And for me, that was an easy 
answer. 

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That was like the Staples easy 
button where like the only thing

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I wanted was all of them. 
That was easy. 

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I just wanted him. 
So hear me. 

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When you come into a 
relationship with Jesus Christ, 

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it is a gift that he gives to 
you. 

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The question is whether or not 
you will receive it. 

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You can earn it, but the only 
one thing that you will ever 

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earn is you will earn your way 
into hell or you can receive the

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gift that we did not deserve, 
that we did not earn, that was 

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given to us in Jesus Christ on 
the cross. 

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Somebody has to die. 
And for the Christian, it's not 

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us, it was him. 
The wages of sin is death. 

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And the good news is, is that 
somebody did die. 

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He died on our behalf. 
He died in our place. 

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And so if you're here today and 
you've never started an intimate

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personal relationship with Jesus
Christ, do not put it off any 

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longer. 
Through the power of the Holy 

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Spirit today, say yes. 
Say I'm ready to live for him 

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right now. 
In just a few moments, the 

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people around you are going to 
stand and sing and people are 

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going to come to the steps and 
pray. 

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And I'm hoping that some of you,
we'll either turn to the person 

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that brought you, the person 
that you're sitting next to, or 

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walk right over there underneath
that screen, next to the Baptist

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screen and say today's my day. 
I've been putting it off for way

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too long. 
To the rest of you in this room,

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to those of you who already have
our relationship with Jesus 

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Christ, hear me. 
This region needs you. 

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The mission of God in this 
region is too big and too great 

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for it to miss out on your 
participation. 

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The people in this region need 
to know that there are people 

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who are serious about helping 
people find an intimate, 

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personal relationship with Jesus
Christ. 

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And so maybe today you haven't 
been using your gift the way you

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were supposed to use your gift 
because you've been too upset at

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God for the gift that he gave 
you. 

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Maybe today you need to repent 
for being frustrated to how you 

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see God use other people instead
of letting God use you. 

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Maybe you need to realize that 
you haven't been using your gift

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at all and it's time for you to 
get in the game and go how can I

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make a difference? 
Maybe some of you, your pride 

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has kept you from seeing the 
value of other people's gifts 

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and you need to spend some time 
repenting and saying, God help 

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me to just be thankful for what 
you've given me and work well 

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with the people that you've put 
in my life. 

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I am all the way sold out 
unapologetically that we are 

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going to make this region the 
hardest place on planet earth to

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get the help from. 
I hope you'll join me. 

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Would you stand with me? 
God, I thank you so much for 

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this church, for this season of 
ministry. 

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And God, we need this moment 
right here. 

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We needed to re clarify our 
purpose. 

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We need a chance to recommit to 
the mission and God, we don't 

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need it for just us and for the 
people in this room, but for all

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the people that aren't here and 
all the people that don't know 

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you. 
So God in faith, I'm coming to 

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you and I'm asking that you 
would make it abundantly clear 

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for every person in this room 
what it is that you want us to 

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do and God that you'd give us 
the courage to do. 

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In your name I pray. 
Amen.